Ghost Army of World War II

While the broader activities of the U.S. Army 23rd Headquarters Special Troops are somewhat known deployment of inflatable tanks and tents, electronic sound simulations of troop contingents and radio traffic, fake paratroopers (or ""Ruperts"") the details remained classified until 1996. Freed from their code of silence, many of the remaining members of the 23rd (which included designer Bill Blass) contributed testimony to Ghost Army Of World War II by veteran reporter Jack Kneece, who fills in their testimony with a careful weighing of the documentary evidence ( Aug.)